Playboard, the Professional Stage Magazine , Volume 7, Number 10, March 1973: RENATA TEBALDI, on Stage (Signed copy)

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1973. (CAD) SIGNED TRICE by Renata Tebaldi, once below her portrait on page i and dated 1973, once below her photo on page iii, and once boldly across the programme pages ii and iii, SIGNED by Martin Katz, her accompanist on page iii, no other markings, Very Good. Paper covers with painting by Picasso, side-stapled, 16pp counting both covers, with viii page programme. B&W illus and photos. Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period and was especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. Among the greatest and most beloved opera singers, she has been said to have possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, a voice that was focused primarily on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires. Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini praised Tebaldi's voice as "la voce d'angelo" ("the voice of an angel"), while La Scala music director Riccardo Muti summed up Tebaldi as "one of the greatest performers with one of the most extraordinary voices in the field of opera." Local ads: Shale Gastown; Duthie Books; Maneki Japanese Restaurant; Greek Village Discogreque. (1.3 JM ITF2 docket 85. Signed by Artist. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Periodical.